Join us in Bristol for the AFT Annual Conference 2024

A hybrid conference combining a full face-to-face programme, including evening entertainment, along with a number of dedicated online sessions which will be accessible to a wider audience around the world.

The overall theme for the conference is ‘Uniting Communities’, recognising the core ethos of family and systemic psychotherapy in bringing people together, whether in birth families, families of choice, organisations or communities. We want to hear about the innovations, projects, concepts and theories that have made the difference in your community.

We will be thinking about the ways systemic ideas can unite people with a purpose, supporting connections from the personal to the global. What are the ways in which we use our skills to promote dialogue, healing and meaningful connection? How do concepts of community, home and belonging inform our work and allow us to build those connections? What is the difference that will really make a difference to the lives of people we work with, giving them the tools to heal, unite and participate?

We recognise that the AFT community is itself made up of a number of overlapping communities of identity, and that our conference is a perfect place for these to come together, learn from each other and discuss ideas, practice and research.

By examining the concept of relational activism, we will explore what tools we need and what contribution we can make as a community, building one connection at a time to promote reconciliation and engage in social justice.